Success

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and, when got, the repose is insupportable

A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes

If thou follow thy star, thou canst not fail of a glorious heaven.

The way to fight a woman is with your hat - grab it and run

Great things are done when men and mountains meet

What is now proved was once only imagined.

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

The glory of Christianity is to conquer by forgiveness

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself

No one can really pull you up very high - you lose your grip on the rope. But on your own two feet you can climb mountains

The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation

And gain is gain, however small